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p.oxy.14.1683 spätes IVOxyrhynchos

Letter of Probus to Manatine via HGV-meta

Letter from Probus to his sister Manatine about collecting his wages. A Christian private letter from Probus to his sister Manatine, asking her to collect 1 1/2 talents of his wages from Petronis, his guarantor, and pass the money to his wife because his son needs it. He reminds her of a meeting at the Kaisareion as a token of authenticity. It comes from Oxyrhynchus in the late 4th century AD. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] τῇ κυρίᾳ μου ἀδελφῇ Μανατίνῃ Πρώβος ἀδελφὸς χαίρειν. πρὸ μὲν πάντων εὔχομαι τῷ κυρίῳ θεῷ περὶ τῆς σῆς ὁλοκληρίας ὅπως ὑγιαίνουσα σὺ καὶ εὐθυμοῦσα ἀπολάβῃς τὰ παρʼ ἐμοῦ γράμματα. γιγνώσκειν σε θέλω, κυρία μου ἀδελφή, ἄπελθε πρὸς Πετρώνιν τὸν ἐγγυησάμενόν με· δέξαι ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ ἐκ τοῦ μισθοῦ μου ἕνα ἥμισυ, τάλαντον α 𐅵, οἶδας γὰρ καὶ σὺ ὅτι οὐδένα ἔχομεν μάρτυρα εἰ μὴ τὸν θεὸν καὶ σὲ καὶ τὴν γυναῖκα μου. ἀπόδος οὖν αὐτὰ τῇ γυναικί μου. μὴ λυπήσῃς οὖν ἐμέ. δὸς οὖν αὐτά, ἐπειδὴ χρείαν αὐτῶν ἔχει ὁ υἱός μου. σημείου δὲ χάριν, ὅπου ἠπάντηκά σου εἰς τὸ Καισαρεῖον καὶ εἴρηκά σοι ὅτι δὸς ἐμοὶ κέρμα ἀπὸ ὧν ἔχεις μου ἵνα ἀγοράσω ἐμαυτῷ ἕνα λέβητα …, καὶ εἶπές μοι ὅτι ἀλλὰ ἆρον τὰ ἀπʼ ἐσοῦ καὶ ἄρτι δέ σοι δίδω, καὶ ἀπ’ ἐμαυτῆς ἀπεδήμησα ἐπὶ δὲ καὶ δημοσίων ἐὰν δὲ ὑγιαίνω …ε… εἰς τὰ ἴδια ἡμῶν. κύριέ μου ἄδελφε, βοήθησον. δὸς τὰ ……ε… κ[…]αυτα…ε…[…] ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι. [v] ἀπόδος τῇ κυρίᾳ μου ἀδελφῇ Μανατίνῃ παρὰ Πρόβου ἀδελφοῦ.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] To my lady sister Manatine, Probus her brother, greetings. Before all else I pray to the Lord God for your complete well-being, that you may receive my letter in good health and good spirits. I want you to know, my lady sister: go to Petronis, who stood surety for me; receive from him out of my wages one and a half, 1 1/2 talents, for you too know that we have no witness except God and you and my wife. So give them to my wife. Do not grieve me, then. So give them, since my son has need of them. As a token: when I met you at the Kaisareion and said to you, 'Give me some small change out of what you have of mine so that I may buy myself a cauldron […]', you said to me, 'No, take what is from you, and now I am giving to you', and I went away of my own accord (?), and also on public business (?); if I am well […] to our own affairs. My lord brother, help. Give the […] […] I pray for your health. [verso] Deliver to my lady sister Manatine from Probus her brother.

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